Microhaplotype deep sequencing assays to capture Plasmodium vivax infection lineages

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Plasmodium vivax elimination is challenged by dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that can reactivate months after initial infection resulting in relapses. Relapsing infections confound antimalarial clinical efficacy trials due to the inability to distinguish between recurrences arising from blood-stage treatment failure (recrudescence), reinfection or relapse. Genetic relatedness of paired parasite isolates,...

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